There's also considerable controversy around the relocation of 3,000 San (also known as Bushmen), the indigenous nomadic people, from their ancestral homelands in the Kalahari Desert between 1997 and 2002.
Add in controversies about the relocation of citizens in the "revitalisation" of the Olympic Park area and million-dollar kickbacks, and the fact it is the first time South America is hosting the event.
The bodies of Vilna Gaon and several members of his immediate family were relocated, after receiving special permission from the Soviet authorities; this relocation has been the subject of historical controversy.
Like many public works, the $335 million Capitol Visitor Center, to be built over the next three years, comes with controversies, among them alarm over the destruction or relocation of dozens of trees and worry about the disruption caused by so big a project.
Manzanar has been referred to as a "War Relocation Center," "relocation camp," "relocation center," "internment camp", and "concentration camp", and the controversy over which term is the most accurate and appropriate continues to the present day.
"Relocation is the last option.
It involves a relocation".
Local terms, no relocation".
But some relocation is likely.
